Reply #21: This is not an open forum, in the sense...

[TR Fan]

that not all are permitted here according to the rules. For example, openly-avowed Republicans are not (it's the DEMOCRATIC Underground, after all). Neither are "rightwingers" or "freepers" or homophobes.

NOT that this is a bad thing. After all, it affirms the right of freedom of association within a private space.

I too remember the thread you are referring to. Actually, a couple of years before there were similar threads about Bush utilizing his tectonic plate ray gun to cause the earthquake in Iran. These type of threads clearly do not reflect the thinking of most here, but they do occur.